Copy-holder.



. BEATON COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4. |911.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

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" A furl@ A. J. BEATON.

coPY HOLDER. i APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4,191/- I Patented Apu 30, 1918;

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ALLAN J'. BEATON, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

corr-HOLDER.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ALLAN J. BEA'roN, 'a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in Copy-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to copy holders. A copy holder involving vmy invention may as will be inferred, be used with advantage in many, different connections. It. is of particular utility, however, when associated with a typewriting machine. Among the objects ofthe invention is the provision of a backing in front of which the copy can be arranged .and which acts to make the copy stand out.

Referring to the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a copy holder involving the invention with the curtain up and copy positioned in front of the curtain. J

Fig. 2 is an elevation as seen from the left in Fig. 1 with the parts broken away and brought ltogether.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 `of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the o scales.

As maybe inferred a copy holder involving the 1nvention is susceptible ofgeneral use. ll have specifically mentioned one. The

copy holder comprises in `its make-up"y two side standards or uprights as 2 and 3 each .terminating in'a foot or base member 4, con

nected at their-upper ends by the transverse member or cross piecel 5- and at their lower ends by a' similar crosspiece- 6, the whole presenting a practically rectangular frame. The feet 4 connected with the uprights or standards 2 and 3 may be of any suitable form; the standards are desirably of chan-` neled construction, their open sides facing outwardly. Each also comprises a lower.v section and 'an upper section connected `together by -a pivot as 7. When the copy holder is not in use 1t is the custom or at Specification of Letters 1.?atent.

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Application ledJune 4, 1917. Serial No. 172,575.

least usual to swing down the longer section of each side. To hold the sections, however, upright a suitable latch such as that denoted by 7 may be associated with each standard. There may be united with one of the sides or standards such as that denoted by 2 the extension 8 provided at its forward end with a shaft 9 equipped with a sprocket wheel v10 and a knob or wheel 11 both rotative with the shaft, the shaft being 'supported by the suitable bearings'on the eX- tension 8. This sprocket wheel 10`receives the sprocket chain 12 which extends around guides as 13 on the member 14 near the lower part of the standard 2, said sprocket chain being continued upwardly and also 'passing around a wheel 14 at the upper end of said standard 2. The two runs of the sprocket chain are separated from each other and the vertical or upright portion of the forward run of the sprocket chain has connected with it in somev desirable manner the bracket 15 with which is operatively associn ated a line marker involving the invention. The foregoing in fact is a concise description of a construction which is not new with me, broadly speaking. lt will be clear that by turning the knob or wheel 11 the sprocket chain 12- can be operated to raise or lower the bracket 15 to thus secure the action of a line marker associated with said bracket. The bracket also straddles the standard or upright 2. Tt should be noted that the type of standard hereinbefore described is new with me. This standard is of sheet metal,

l and itprovides a convenient way of receiving the endless or sprocket chain 12. The line marker Will'be hereinafter described.

Supported for rotation between the standards or uprights 2 and 3 is a spring roller 17. This spring roller is provided with a curtain 18 actin as a convenient backing or foundation for t e copy 19. The curtain 18 is furnished with a hem 20 which receives -the rod 21, the ends of the rod extending outward' from the sides of the curtain. This curtain is generally colored some dark shade so as to present a proper contrast with the copy disposed in front of it. To use the copy holder itis desirable that the curtain be up. ln this event the, curtain will be raised until its stick is in register with the cross-piece 5 to permit the ends of the stick 21 being seated in the hooks 22 on the back of the cross-piece 5. The copy as-will be clear is forward'of the curtain. Thel crossbar 5 is furnished with the clamp 23 which is adapted to engage the copy 19 and hold the same against said cross-piece. The copy therefore is suspended from the cross-piece.

In front'of the copy is the line marker 24. This line marker comprises an elongated rod 25 which has a rigid connection at one end with the bearing or bracket 15 and at the other end is bent as at 26 around the standard 3 with which it has a vertical sliding connection. The body of the line marker or the line marker proper is denoted by 27 and comprises a sheet metal and practically fiat strip provided with a sleeve 28 which eX- tends from the standard or upright 3 practically to the bracket 15. From this it will be apparent that the marking device 27 can be freely swung on the pivot or rod 25. It can be brou ht to an upright position or forward of t is in fact to facilitate if necessary the introduction of copy, and when the copy is placed in position the marking device 27 can be swung backward practically against the copy so that accurate reading of the latter during typewriting or otherwise is possible.

What I claim is:

A copy holder comprising a frame of open-work construction having standards, furnished with means for holding the copy, a spring roller supported between the standards and rovided with a curtain constituting a backlng or foundation for the copy, the standard having means to hold the curtain in pulled relation back of the copy.

In testimony whereofI aiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALLAN J. BEATON. 

